The New York Times says, “There aren't many doctors like Ronald Myers, a jazz-playing, Baptist-preaching family practitioner whose dream has always been to practice medicine in the kind of place most other doctors wouldn't even stop for a tank of gas.”

Dr. Myers is the leader of the campaign to make Juneteenth a National Holiday in America. Founder & President of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation and the National Juneteenth Christian Leadership Council, his efforts have resulted in the recognition of Juneteenth as a state holiday or state holiday observance in 29 states.

Founder of the National Day of Reconciliation and Healing From the Legacy of Slavery, observed on the “3rd Friday in June”, which includes the National Juneteenth Black Holocaust “Maafa” Memorial Service, Rev., Dr. Myers works with church leaders to seek God to bring healing to the nation from the scars of slavery.

A 1985 graduate of the Univerity of Wisconsin Medical School, Dr. Myers is a leading national advocate for health care to the poor and disenfranchised. As the Founder and President of the American Pain Institute, Dr. Myers lead two successful Marches on Washington to demand Congressional Hearings on the Pain Crises in America.

An accomplished jazz musician, Dr. Myers serves as Artistic Director of the Mississippi Jazz and Heritage Festival and created the National Association of Juneteenth Jazz Presenters to promote "June is Black Music Month!" - CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH JAZZ - "Preserving our African American Jazz Legacy!".

Dr. Myers and his wife, Sylvia are the proud parents of 5 children, 3 serving in the military, with multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Myers has requested a meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in an effort to present him with a Junteenth Book and a Juneteenth Flag that many soldiers want to display on military bases across the country and around the world on Juneteenth Independence Day, the “19th of June”.

Dr. Myers wants you to know that he has lost over 60 lbs over the last several months in an effort to personally challenge all Americans to join in the fight against our greatest health care crises, consisting of obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure.